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Message: [QUOTE="dennismenace, post: 2141185, member: 6158"] I think a large number of our recruits have the physical tools to play outside the US (Europe, Asia) if not the NBA. You could make a pretty good living overseas if you can stick around a while . However, unless you have pretty spectacular gifts [B]you are going to have to work very hard in college at BB [/B]and to some extent the books at least at Uconn. I attended a D1 school and we really didn't see the basketball players except at class, meals and studying in the dorm at night. Not much partying until the season was over if then. I suspect it can be quite a grind if you don't have the level of commitment. Sure isn't high school or AAU where everyone thinks and tells you how great you are. Maybe this is one of the things the staff learned. Some guys have to grow up in a hurry because the train is leaving once practice starts. I knew a guy who became a doctor. He was really competitive in HS sports. He said when he was in Med school and out running he would think about the guys back in the room studying and wonder if they were getting ahead of him! [/QUOTE]